Sheffield Blitz event at Sheffield Cathedral 39-45 Allied Group

This was just one of many events taking place across Sheffield today to commemorate the anniversary.

World War Two air raid sirens were also set to sound out across the city of Sheffield at 7.15pm this Saturday night (December 12th) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Blitz.

Their arrival will be pre-empted when two original 1940s searchlights are beamed into the sky from The Moor - an area of the city centre that was virtually flattened in the attacks.

The air raid sirens will signal the start of dramatic ‘ring of searchlights’ that will be shone into the skies of Sheffield from key areas around The Moor/Sheffield city centre.

Members of the public are being encouraged to ‘black out’ at 7.15pm - the exact time 75 years ago the bombs started dropping in Sheffield city centre - for two minutes as a mark of respect for the hundreds that were killed and wounded in the Sheffield Blitz.